Thread: New member need help

Hello all,
Before I get started with my questions/introduction i wanted to share how I got started with lucid dreaming, It was about a year ago and I had the most vivid dream ever. I was flying and at the same time I was calculating the speed of light. As I got further into solving the equation I started to fly faster and faster. at this point I was flying so fast I started to break through a barrier (hard to explain but it was a force field thing and I was pushing it to the limits before I broke through.) Anyways at this moment I woke up. but the thing was I was still dreaming but my eyes were open but the rest of my body was paralyzed. I couldn't move at all but I could see my wife and daughter lying there sleeping in bed. I held on to the dream as long as possible because it was literally the best feeling I have ever had in my life (I guess feeling like I was using more of my brain than I usually do). anyways the dream finally got to intense and I had to let go and boom my body became unparalyzed. My muscles on the sides of my stomach hurt pretty bad for a few minutes like a pulled muscle. I immediately woke my wife up because this was one of the coolest experiences I had ever felt in my life. It was very hard to explain to her what happened without thinking I was going crazy lol. So I immediately grabbed my phone and started looking for what I had just experienced I saw a few things but lucid dreaming stuck out the most. So from then on I have been hooked

But I have been researching lucid dreaming for about a month now. I have been also trying different methods to lucid dream for about a month now. (with no luck unfortunately). I am pretty much trying to surround myself with lucid dreaming thoughts throughout the day. I practice doing reality checks throughout the day (I have a label that says "reality check" on my desk in front of the key board) this really seems to help remind me. I count to 10 on both hands and then I count backwards to 1. I also say a mantra while falling asleep "tonight, I will have many lucid dreams." I also try to envision a dream I had the night before or some dream I had and try to recreate the environment. I also keep a dream journal with about 2 paragraphs worth of recall each morning. (Side note I can recall about 5 times per week). I am trying to keep a positive attitude towards the process as I know it takes time. My problem is I don't know if I am doing things right, if I need to do more, if I need to keep on being patient ect. I just want to make sure that I am on the right track on my journey to becoming lucid.

Thanks for your time guys/girls glad I found this board